Pearl21

I get where you are coming from and understand it is difficult to see what with the strict military rules and ranks.

But I have a different opinion as to why Xiao Jue allows it with He Yan, which is why I am not irritated by it. He allows it not just because he is developing a soft spot for her, but also because he is suspicious of her and thinks that she is a spy. He knows she is hiding something and knows that she has a purpose in joining his army. His investigation of her led to nothing suspicious in her background. So, he allows her to act more casually and open with him so he can draw more information out of her and thereby determine what she is hiding, what her purpose is, and whether she is a threat. Essentially, the scheme of keep your friends close but your enemies closer. I think he even stated something about keeping her close for that very reason in one of the episodes.

But in regards to Xiao Jue's other subordinates, can you tell me which episodes you saw all his subordinates talking and acting casually and rudely to him? Because I don't remember seeing it with his other subordinates in all the episodes I have watched.

Thanks. I think I did made a slight mistake in what I wrote before though. Wei YanZhi didn't dress her in the second wedding dress and get rid of the first one. Song Rou was still wearing the first wedding dress when she was found beheaded and taken to the mortuary. He actually used the second wedding dress to pretend to be a ghost bride to try and scare Qin Wan into not doing the autopsy.

It's explained in episode 3, they said there were 2 wedding dresses. She wore one of them when she was killed. Wei YanZhi then dressed her in the spare one and got rid of the one that had the bloodstains on it. If you remember episode 3, the servant got into trouble for the second wedding dress going missing.

I had that same thought as well.

I don't think you have read my post properly.

Also, I already know what a good samaritan is and yes, I already know Sunjae is a good person and would help anyone if he saw they needed help whether Sol is in his life or not.

And because I know he is such a good person and would help a complete stranger in need, that is why my question in my original post was stated in the following way:

'Do you think it's possible that she is the daughter of the person Sunjae SAVED in the past BEFORE he met Sol?'

A thought just came to me now about the 14 year old stalker girl that I feel the need to put out there while I am eagerly waiting for the last 2 episodes to air. So here goes.

In episode 10, Taesung saw a good samaritan award when he slept over at Sunjae's house in 2009, right? We don't know when Sunjae received the award just that he received it before 2009 and that he must have saved someone.

Do you think it's possible that she is the daughter of the person Sunjae saved in the past before he met Sol? Maybe he even saved them from Kim Young Soo and he received an award for it?

It could explain her connection to him, why she is obsessed with him and why she is constantly trying to break into his home. Her parents may have told her about him or she found out about him in another way. At the end of episode 8, she did tell Sol that she likes him.

Sol was one of the reasons but this could be another reason why Kim Young Soo is out to get Sunjae.

I'm sorry I'm still not 100% convinced that Sunjae time travelled even after rewatching Ep 4 multiple times (mainly the scenes you said) and seeing it from Sunjae's point of view. But then I could be wrong. We will see in the next 2 episodes whether the theory is true or not.

I hope not as well for the same reasons you stated.

I agree that the taxi driver needs to die for them to be safe. That was why I was hoping that they could have worked together to get him killed in 2009. But, oh well, that's not what happened.

Yes, let's have hope that Taesung will be able to get rid of him and won't get hurt doing it, that Sunjae won't die again and that Sol won't end up in a wheelchair or even worse dead. I want happiness for all 3 of them.

That's funny, wearing a mask to meet the taxi driver lol.

It wouldn't have worked though even if the mask didn't fall off. Just like keeping Sunjae out of it wouldn't have worked to save him in 2023.

It really confuses me as to why people are thinking that the taxi driver hasn't seen Sunjae before episode 13 because to me it's obvious he has. I believe the taxi driver already knows who Sunjae is despite not meeting face to face. He has already seen Sunjae's face.

I believe there has been 2 incidences where it was actively shown in an episode that he has seen Sunjae. In both instances, Sol knew or suspected it was the taxi driver. Sunjae on the other hand didn't see him or take notice of him or the vehicle when he drove past. But that doesn't mean the taxi driver didn't see Sunjae.

The first incidence is in episode 7 in 2008 when he failed to kidnap and kill Sol. When the taxi driver drove past the 3 of them, the camera zoomed in on both Sunjae and the taxi driver, which indicated to me that they would have something to do with each other in the future.

The second incidence is at the end of episode 10 in 2009, where the taxi driver attempted to get Sol but Sunjae unknowingly interfered.

By episode 13, the taxi driver already knew who Sunjae was. To me this meant Sunjae was already involved. So keeping him out of it would just put him in more danger than he already was in.

So when Sunjae actively and knowingly interfered in their 3rd encounter, the taxi driver just wanted this interference, who kept ruining his plans, out of the way. This was what I thought when I saw the taxi driver try to attack Sunjae again despite stabbing him once already. It was the police that stopped him from succeeding in this 2nd attack.

In my opinion, the taxi driver would try to find out who Sunjae is and his connection to Sol especially after the 2nd incidence of seeing him around Sol. We don't see from the taxi driver's pov as to whether he has seen Sunjae with Sol that's all. We only see from Sunjae and Sol's pov.

This is why I thought that even if Sol's plan to keep Sunjae out of it had worked and the taxi driver was captured by police and he spent 14 years in prison, it would not actually prevent Sunjae being targeted by the taxi driver after he got out of prison in 2023.

This is also why I thought the only way to prevent Sunjae's death in 2023 was for them to work together.

I really hope this is true

Let's just think of it as a difference in opinion. It has nothing to do with me bashing Sol or thinking she wasn't smart in the way she dealt with the taxi driver coming after. I was actually very impressed with the way she involved the police and then coming up with that plan to deal with the taxi driver.

But I think I should explain my reasoning if you have gotten the wrong idea.

The truth is when I saw the episode 13 preview trailer before the episode aired, I strongly suspected and started becoming more and more convinced the closer we got to the day episode 13 was going to air that something bad would happen to Sunjae in that episode. By the time the episode was about to air, I was completely convinced that Sunjae was going to be badly hurt, in a coma and maybe even die because of the taxi driver and nothing could convince me otherwise. Though I was praying and hoping that I was wrong and that he wouldn't die and would only be badly hurt so that he could recover with Sol by his side.

This is why when I was watching the episode, I was thinking Sol should communicate with him and maybe that would hopefully prevent something bad happening to Sunjae but also at the same time deal with the taxi driver in a way that he couldn't come after them again ie essentially get him killed in 2009.

I thought keeping Sunjae ignorant of what was happening would increase the chances of him getting hurt or killed and I didn't want Sol feeling guilty and blaming herself over something bad happening to him and her being the reason for it. Essentially, I didn't want her going through what Sunjae had gone through for 15 years.

I think you have misconstrued by what I meant by calling him back and letting him know what was going on. I actually agree with what you are saying that it was his involvement that made him a target 14 years later.

But wasn't there another way for her to keep him out of it and still keep him informed?

At the very least, she should have contacted him back and told him that she was safe, with the police and the police would keep her safe as well as to not get involved and that she would explain everything later. He could have been told to keep out of sight as well. She then could have given him the police officer's number and asked him to contact them. Then the police could have assured him that they would keep her safe and to not get involved.

Knowing that the police were involved would have kept him from reacting so recklessly and assured him at least somewhat that she was safe. He wouldn't have gone against Sol's decision especially if he knew it was supported by the police and that it was a police operation.

Keeping him ignorant of what is going on would lead to things going wrong, which is what happened. It is because he didn't know that the police were involved and that Sol had made a plan with the police that he called the police to report her missing.

I agree that Sol had a pretty good plan to deal with the taxi driver but I don't agree that she did everything right. I am of the opinion that she should have let Sunjae know about it especially when she realised he had found out that she had lied to him on the train and was worried about her.

The reason I have this opinion is because Sunjae did try to call her numerous times and even messaged her asking her where she was. To me this indicates, he was trying to find her. He even begged her to call him back. All she had to do was to call him back and let him know that she was okay and what was going on. But she didn't respond to any of his phone calls or his messages. He was probably panicking thinking that something had happened to her and that's why she wasn't responding to any of his phone calls or messages. He only called the police after he arrived at Danpori and after he hadn't heard back from her at all. This is the only thing she did wrong, not contacting him when she could see that he was extremely worried about her.

Let me ask you this, if you were in Sunjae's situation and you couldn't get into contact with your loved one because their phone was turned off and if your loved one wasn't responding to your phone calls or your messages especially when you were asking them to contact you back, wouldn't you start thinking something had happened to them? Wouldn't you call the police as well worried about their safety?

The only thing I agree with you is that he should have called the police when he realised it was the taxi driver he ran into in the alley instead of chasing after him. It was stupid of him to chase after the taxi driver on his own considering he knew how dangerous the taxi driver was.

In my opinion, they both made mistakes and that is why the plan failed.

This is my first comment ever on MDL. I have never felt the need to comment before. But I am obsessed with this drama and it has made me feel the need to comment. I couldn't stop thinking about your question of why Kim Young Soo is obsessed with killing Sunjae now.

So here are my thoughts on it.

Kim Young Soo may have still been around in 2008/2009. Sol may have prevented herself from becoming his victim in 2008/2009 but that doesn't mean there weren't other victims since he is a serial killer. Him going after the 14yo stalker in the current timeline confirms this. We don’t see from Sol’s POV whether KYS was caught by police. We don’t know anything about what happened to him or what he got up to in the current timeline. We are just assuming that Sol made it possible for him to be captured by police.

To answer your question, I think there are 2 possibilities as to why Sunjae has become the target in the current timeline, which I will go into below.

1. Since Sol didn't end up encountering him in the last time travel, KYS just chose another girl to kidnap and kill. It is possible that Sunjae still had an encounter with KYS in 2008 or 2009 and interfered in his plans again. That might explain why KYS wants to kill Sunjae in the present timeline. Essentially the original timeline repeated where Sunjae saved someone else from KYS. Or,

2. Sunjae became the target in place of Sol since the current timeline appears to be a reversal of the original timeline. To explain it in more detail.
In the original timeline, Sol was the target of KYS. Sol never met Sunjae and didn't know about him until after her encounter with KYS. She didn't know Sunjae was the one who saved her and who spent the next 15 years loving her and feeling guilty believing that he was the reason she ended up in a wheelchair. The time travel made her aware of this.

In the current timeline (episode 13 and 14), it is Sunjae who never met Sol and doesn't know her. It is Sol who remembers him, who loves him and who now feels guilty believing she is the reason for Sunjae being killed by KYS. But because of this swap, it would also mean that Sunjae became KYS's target in the past. And if Sunjae was able to escape and put KYS in jail, it would make KYS even more obsessed with killing him once he was released.

Sol wouldn't know if Sunjae encountered KYS again since she had moved away and was avoiding him back then and now. She would just assume he didn't encounter KYS since she believes she is the reason for him becoming a target and being killed by KYS.

I don't know if the 2 scenarios I described above is true or not since we haven't seen Sunjae's POV. We also don’t know if Sunjae is actually KYS’s target. It could be that Sol is still KYS’s target. The episode 15 trailer doesn't tell us much other than confirming that KYS is being chased by the police and making it appear that KYS is after Sunjae. I can't wait for the last 2 episodes to see what happens.